Revolution never develops in a straight line
Peter Taaffe, Socialist Party general secretary, London
Between February and October 1917 there were many sharp turns in the situation in Russia. In April, the government coalition of 'socialists' ...
The national question is, without doubt, one of the great issues facing socialists and marxists today.
Peter Hadden, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland)
Lenin described Tzarist Russia as a prison house of nationalities – 57% of its peoples were non-R...
Taiwan was first incorporated into China by the Qing dynasty (1644-1911) in 1683. It first became a province of China in 1885, ten years before the Qing surrendered it to the Japanese in the Sino-Japanese war.
By Laurence CoatesHan Chinese settle...